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CVE-2021-35941

Western Digital WD My Book Live (2.x and later) and WD My Book Live Duo (all versions) have an administrator API that can perform a system factory restore without authentication, as exploited in the wild in June 2021, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-18472.

Published

2021-06-29T21:15:07.880

Last Modified

2024-11-21T06:12:47.760

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-306

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	westerndigital	wd_my_book_live_firmware	≥ 2.0	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	wd_my_book_live	-	No
Operating System	westerndigital	wd_my_book_live_duo_firmware	*	Yes
Hardware	westerndigital	wd_my_book_live_duo	-	No

References

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/hackers-exploited-0-day-not-2018-bug-to-mass-wipe-my-book-live-devices/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/hackers-exploited-0-day-not-2018-bug-to-mass-wipe-my-book-live-devices/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)